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2014 to be the best summer season in Portugal
Based on the confidence rating of over a hundred public entities and private companies, this year’s summer season in Portugal will be the best one in a very long time. Actually on a scale from 0 to 100, the overall confidence rating reached 74 for the 2014 summer season whilst the same study in April 2013 had an average confidence index of 61.1. It should be noted that last years was also one of the best years on record for the tourism industry in Portugal.
Luxury self catering apartments in the Algarve
Algarve is a wonderful holiday destination with superb rocky beaches, so one of the main concern is to choose a perfect holiday accommodation after you decided to what your sunny destination should be, so that your vacation to be absolutely perfect.
Tourism chief predicts great year for the Algarve
Desiderio Silva, the ever-optimistic president of regional tourism board Turismo do Algarve has said that 2014 will be a great year when talking to the Lusa news agency following data which revealed that the Algarve tourism sector grew in terms of tourists, sleepovers, profits and occupancy rates during the summer of 2013, when compared to the same period in 2012.
Algarve is a top surfing destination
There is one aspect of the Algarve that we haven’t talked about that much on our site and that is the fact that the Algarve is a top surfing destination, a record-breaking one actually, but more on that later.
Tips for driving a foreign plated car in Portugal
While most of potential visitors are planning to employ Algarve car rental services during their vacation in Portugal, there are certainly some who may be considering making a road-trip out of the thing and want to travel around Portugal in their own car. This is why we’ll be talking about a couple of tips for driving a foreign plated car in Portugal.
CCDR back solar valley despite public outcry
There’s been quite a bit of outcry from Loule householders in regards to ‘irregularities and omissions’ behind a massive solar farm located in Morgado de Apra. Despite all the outcry however, the Commission for Regional Coordination and Development – CCDR – maintains that everything is legal and above board.
According to CCDR there are ‘no facts’ that could lead to a complaint on environmental grounds against the solar farm. This means that the complaints of the Loule residents have been rejected, but the fight is not likely to stop here.
This story however, has been widely reported in local newspapers, the Internet and TV, with residents having presented their complaints to both the national Ombudsman as well as the European Commission.
